Frustrated by toiling in the minor leagues for six years and questioning whether he’d ever get the opportunity to make it to the majors, Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph considered retiring this offseason when he went unprotected by the O’s and...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Even though Steve Clevenger was told by Orioles manager Buck Showalter on Monday that he has won the team’s backup catcher position to open the season, the Mount St. Joseph graduate knows that something could still happen to affect...

The Orioles scored just four runs in their three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field over the weekend. But the club's power was on display with its return to Camden Yards on Monday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Orioles have hit...

The Orioles figured out a simple way Monday night to bust out of an offensive skid that cost them three games at Wrigley Field over the weekend.
Get home -- and start homering. And keep homering, in consecutive at-bats, if possible, until you’ve...

TORONTO -- Caleb Joseph's new upright stance and growing confidence have done wonders for the Orioles rookie catcher, transforming untapped potential into unexpected power.
While Joseph might have never received the opportunity to be a starter in a major league pennant race had Matt Wieters not needed season-ending elbow surgery — or had Joseph not worked tirelessly in the minors to improve behind the plate — he has given the Orioles a tremendous boost with his bat in his past four starts....

If the Dodgers’ owners have not already decided to fire Don Mattingly, the manager all but fired himself on Wednesday.
In his latest and sharpest comments distancing himself from the organization, Mattingly appeared to criticize the Dodgers’ free-spending ways. Mattingly has pointed enough fingers at players and the front office over the past few days that he must either suspect his days are numbered — or he already knows that they are.
When Mattingly spoke with reporters in...

The Dodgers started the day by placing Matt Kemp on the disabled list and shelving A.J. Ellis with a sore side amid growing concern over nerve problems in the pitching hand of Josh Beckett.
Nowhere to go but up? Come on, these are your 2013 Dodgers.
They went and lost to the Angels, 3-2, despite a nice start by Ted Lilly and because of a somewhat bizarre sixth inning that produced the winning run.
BOX SCORE: Angels 3, Dodgers 2
The Dodgers actually jumped in front of the Angels with a run in the...

Before starting a three-game series in Denver on Friday, the Dodgers, as expected, made a roster move.
Just not the one anticipated, unless your memory goes back to spring training. The Dodgers called up a minor leaguer, only not one named Yasiel Puig or Joc Pederson.
The Dodgers called up right-hander Peter Moylan from triple-A Albuquerque and sent reliever Javy Guerra back to the Isotopes.
Moylan had a clause in his contract that allowed him to become a free agent if he was not with the big club...

This time the Dodgers are not going to dance around with Matt Kemp and his hamstring issue. This time they wasted no time in placing him on the disabled list.
Kemp strained his right hamstring Wednesday night chasing down a Mike Trout hit in the gap and shortly after walked off the field. He had an MRI exam Thursday.
They put him on the 15-day disabled list before Thursday’s game and, at least for now, called up catcher Tim Federowicz from triple-A Albuquerque.
"It's just a mild strain,"...

TIM FEDEROWICZ, 26, catcher
Final 2013 stats: .231 batting average, four homers, 16 RBI, .275 on-base and .356 slugging percentages in 173 plate appearances; threw out 10 of 34 base stealers (29.4%).
Contract status: Under team control.
The good: Hit .289 on the road. During a 21-game stretch from July 20-Sept. 18 he hit .308.
The bad: Hit .122 with runners in scoring position, and was just one for 19 with two outs and runners in scoring position. Though he did not get as much playing time, he...